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Rylee with the help of her two friends sneeks into the Royal choosing ceremony to try and find information about her missing sister. The choosing is where one woman is chosen to be the four prince's potential mate, a task no one has succeeded in. When one of the half God prince's chooses Rylee as this year's potential she fights to keep her secrets buried to make it out alive as not only is her kind banned from the choosing but she also harbours a secret power. Slowly but surely her feelings change and she can really see a life with each of the terrifying prince's.

I devoured this book at an unreasonably fast pace! It was steamy, hot but still had plenty of plot. Each of the four prince's were well developed and I fell in love with each of them. Rylee is strong and takes absolutely no nonsense from anyone, they way she evolves throughout the story made her FMC the first one I've really jelled with for a long time. The action and threats had me genuinely scared (and at one point disgusted).
I am chomping at the bit for book two already!

You will adore this if you like-

☁️ Why Choose
☁️ Demi God's
☁️ Trials/ Games
☁️ Unique world building
☁️ Secret Identity

The Never List was fast-paced, fun, and so easy to read that I inhaled it on one go. It can be so difficult to pace RHs right, to give equal focus to each character and to perfect the plot to romance/spice balance, but this one really nailed all of it. The FMC, Rylee, spends a month with each of the four MMCs, who are basically superhero Princes. Each MMC is completely distinct, and I loved how her time with each was different. For a RH, it was also really sweet. There was a lot packed into this book, but somehow the author made it all work seemingly effortlessly, and I just flew through it.

One thing though: nowhere in the blurb/description, the online retailer and review sites, the NetGalley page or the book itself does it indicate that this is the first book in a series, rather than the standalone that I thought it was. So I just wanted to point that out in case anyone else gets to the end like I did, thinking "How can this possibly all get wrapped up now??" Well, it can't, because it's a series. That's not a bad thing by any means, but it might be good to know going into it that it has a full on cliffhanger at the end! I don't know how many books there are going to be but I can't wait to see how this story continues. With how much the author did in this one book, I'm sure there are lots of twists and turns to come in the rest of the series!

Disclaimer: I received an Advance Reader Copy from NetGalley, but this is my voluntary and honest review.

This had a really interesting premise but didn't quite seem to hit the mark. I was interested in Rylee's motives, however her quest for her sister seemed to fall behind a bit and get forgotten about. I also found that the following three cities after Kal were quite rushed and I would have liked to see them be as fleshed out as the first.

I started this book with no intention of reading it as quick as I did, but I couldn’t put it down. I would of inhaled it quicker if I hadn’t had to go to work 😂

For a fantasy it was easy to grasp the story and world, no complex language or magic systems. The plot had me hooked and wanting to know more, it didn’t feel like it was just driven by spice. Although, the spice was great.

This book is a why choose romance and I actually really enjoyed that we got time with each MMC seperately and got to know them too, which you don’t always get with a why choose. It made the bonds and connections between the characters feel more genuine. I enjoyed the POVs of all the characters.

The ending…ends on a major cliffhanger, I need answers right now….please!

Thank you to NetGalley for this eArc in exchange for my honest review.

I was really intrigued by the premise of this book, who wouldn’t be drawn in by a RH forbidden romance with a dash of mystery?

Rylee is an outcast, the lowest of the low on society. She has been doomed to live her life in the Ashland’s, a part of society where the only criminals and demis live, until she decides to sneak into the choosing party held for the princes. From here she is picked as their chosen and must spend time with each of them, whilst batting her feelings and hiding her secrets.

I think the magic system was easy to follow, whilst it was unique it also wasn’t overly complicated. However there were open ended opportunities to expand the world building further and this wasn’t done, I didn’t get a massive fantasy world vibe even though I think the aim was there with the magic system etc.

Overall there was something lacking. The main male characters were not unique and I struggled to differentiate between Axl, Kal and eventually Pierce they all read the same. Jax only read different as he stood out from the beginning due to his issues and hatred towards Rylee, but again he lacked depth like the others.

The time Rylee spent with each MMC in their territories was again surface level, there was a lot of effort put into Kal’s month and the others were rushed and I felt like we didn’t learn much about the other men.

This book does end on a cliff hanger so I’m hoping that maybe there will be more exploration into these characters and hopefully the world system as the series continues.